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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 19, 1911
Page
2
Ottawa reports Canada continues to attract British emigrants with 174000 newcomers expected this year, up from 112000 last year. The trend reflects a steady flow of settlers from Great Britain to the Dominion amid official immigration figures.
A hydrophobia outbreak is reported in the north west of Spain, affecting Pontevedra and Corunna provinces. Several cases have proved fatal, according to Reuters dispatches from Madrid.
The report lists results from a Cape Town handicap event with multiple races. Castille wins the Handicap Stakes over four furlongs ahead of New Moon and Winter while Lady Ethel districts wins the Pony Race. Further results include Merriwing beating Good Lad in the Ripple Vale Handicap and Delphobus prevailing in the Becket Handicap Trot.
Morrison reports weekly prices for cabbage sixpence per dozen, carrots sixpence a dozen bunches, apples two shillings per bushel, onions and other items listed with varied per day or per case rates. Local grocer McKay Spence is contactable by telephone or night bell.
Unclear ad text touts holiday gifts for boys and girls including cameras and photographic supplies with lessons for beginners. It also markets beauty products, household items, perfumes, and soaps, and lists Cholera Drops and medicines with prices. many terms appear garbled.
Irre and ACGIVENT Insurance the Guardian Insurance Co report total assets exceed 2 6,500,000. All claims of Hicks including crops and stocks are insured against loss by fire at lowest current rates. Personal accident and liability insurance granted to Colley and others for their welfare and duties.
A collage of town events, church notices, meetings, and sales announcements from Colac area. Highlights include a large machinery sale on the Alvie farm, Methodist circuit work in Murton, Caledonian Society concert reports, and upcoming Referenda meetings plus local shop advertisements and public notices.
A dated 18/4/11 letter from Mor. Donovan of Dororoake argues over a proposed constitutional alteration. He critiques the press for bias, defends farmer and property owner concerns, and questions the Socialist aims linked to Mr M Rennie and Mr Scullin. The letter notes butter moisture issues under Minister Tudor and calls for fair public consideration of the remit.
Mexican War dispatch notes low casualties despite heavy fighting on the border. Soldiers report machine gun fire across U S territory and indicate no casualties on American soil.
An elderly man, about 70, leaped from the Punt Road footbridge into the Yarra River on Tuesday. Spectators chased and bystanders attempted life saving measures but he died at the scene. the body was taken to the morgue.
Reports from Laver's Hill include the head teacher's meeting with committees elected for a school event and plans to ship six tons of cheese from the Lewial factory to England. Also noted are railway construction trust updates, rates and finance discussions, and upcoming landowner meetings tied to the Cedar Tree to Growe line project.
A large crowd attended a Firran Xallowk event with dancing and music by Grist Mros and M Grath. J H Scullin MONLA addressed the gathering, defending Labor Party measures and the constitution change, urging voters to judge the party on its actions and referring to the upcoming Referenda on April 26.
A Port Campbell gathering narrows on the Referendum issue with Mr Kelly and Mr Black addressing residents. Weather kept attendance small while Mr Tudor and the Western District Co operative Association figures feature in discussions of export policy and local industry.
The Easter meeting of the Willherm town Racing Club on Monday featured multiple races with winners including Sea lond Hurdle Race Readed and King's Ransom in flat events. Randwick autumn program showed winners such as Boyong Nim pod Nuwara Eliva and Comedy King in various stakes and handicaps amid a weather-affected schedule.
A farmer and accomplices assaulted a youth who ran off with the farmer’s daughter. They battered him unconscious, then threw him into a ditch where stray dogs mauled him. He survived briefly before dying. The attackers fled.
A reader from Belmont Romi Geelong Vic recounts severe lung cold last winter. Doctors refused medicine due to age but the remedy helped after three bottles. The letter praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy and notes government analysis claiming it contains no narcotics.
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